These are the 30 Best Videos of The Month... We start with Jay Z and we end with Jay Z, and in between we ping between comedy, tragedy and a whole lot more.
Check the embedded playlist to let all but two of these videos play through, or check each link for credits, reviews and more.
The Best Music Videos of August 2013
- Jay Z & Justin Timberlake "Holy Grail" (Anthony Mandler, dir.)
- Panic At The Disco "This Is Gospel" (Daniel Cloud Campos, dir.)
- John Legend "Made To Love You" (Daniel Sannwald, dir.)
- Funeral Suits "We Only Attack Ourselves" (Jonathan Irwin, dir.)
- Coheed And Cambria "Number City" (Jonathan Chong, dir.)
- Randa "Frankenstein" (Thunderlips, dir.)
- Borgore, Dudu Tassa "Wayak" (Gal Muggia, dir.)
- SonReal "Everywhere We Go" (Peter Huang, dir.)
- Baauer x Just Blaze f/ Jay Z " Higher" (NABIL, dir.)
- Arctic Monkeys "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" (NABIL, dir.)
- Editors "Formaldehyde" (Ben Wheatley, dir.)
- Portugal The Man "Modern Jesus" (AG Rojas, dir.)
- Elton John "Home Again" (Brent Bonacorso, dir.)
- Mind Enterprises "My Girl" (Pensacola f/ Gusti Fink, dir.)
- Oliver "Night Is On My Mind" (Greg Brunkalla, dir.)
- Nelly f/ Nicki Minaj & Pharrell "Get Like Me" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
- Jason Derulo f/ 2 Chainz "Talk Dirty To Me" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
- MGMT "Your Life Is A Lie" (Tom Kuntz, dir.)
- Mumford & Sons "Hopeless Wanderer" (Sam Jones, dir.)
- Villagers "Earthly Pleasure" (Tom Werber, dir.)
- Major Lazer "Scare Me" (Brandon Dermer, dir.)
- Lady Gaga "Applause" (Inez & Vinoodh, dir.)
- Avril Lavigne "Rock N Roll" (Chris Marrs Piliero, dir.)
- Five Knives "Vive Le Roi" (Ace Norton, dir.)
- Papa "Young Rut" (Norton, dir.)
- Placebo "Too Many Friends" (Saman Kesh, dir.)
- Big Black Delta "Money Rain Down" (Warren Kommers, dir.)
- Superhumanoids "Bad Weather" (Taylor Cohen, dir.)
- Spiritualized "I Am What I Am" (AG Rojas, dir.) [viewer discretion]
- Jay Z "Picasso Baby" (Mark Romanek, dir.)